[3830] 432SprngSprnt W9KXI Single Op HP

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                    432 MHz Spring Sprint - 2023

Call: W9KXI
Operator(s): W9KXI
Station: W9KXI

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 14  Mults = 8  Total Score = 112

Club: Mt Airy VHF Radio Club

Comments:

It was...an interesting sprint.  "Bullet" comments:
 - Wild QSB swings. A Station went from 59 to unreadable in a second.
 - I started with only one mode - SSB. An LNA protection circuit was not
working.  It became really apparent that I needed to both find and fix the
problem.
 - I tried twice to work K1ZK (25W), once on CW and once on FT8.  I heard him
but the QSB peaks just weren't long enough.
 - I tried Q65 for the first time.  Something in my setup wasn't correct because
I wasn't decoding anyone.
 - KR1ST: To work Alex my beam heading is the side of a hill (East side of a
valley). Alex's signal last night was, at times, "multi-path".  He too
has reported a similar experience when hearing my signal.

Here's my list of contacts:
N1JEZ	FN34	PH	4/26/2023	2309	242.2 mi ( 389.8 km)
WZ1V	FN31	PH	4/26/2023	2325	231.6 mi ( 372.8 km)
N2NT	FN20	PH	4/26/2023	2327	178.4 mi ( 287.1 km)
K1TEO	FN31	PH	4/26/2023	2339	197.2 mi ( 317.3 km)
W2KV	FN20	PH	4/26/2023	2344	161.7 mi ( 260.2 km)
VE3DS	FN03	CW	4/26/2023	2350	171.2 mi ( 275.5 km)
K1WHS	FN43	CW	4/26/2023	2357	310.5 mi ( 499.7 km)
WA3DRC	FM28	CW	4/27/2023	0008	239.3 mi ( 385.2 km)
KR1ST	FN21	DG	4/27/2023	0032	86.6 mi ( 139.3 km)
WO2T	FN20	DG	4/27/2023	0034	159.1 mi ( 256.1 km)
N2WK	FN03	DG	4/27/2023	0055	92.1 mi ( 148.2 km)
VE3ZV	EN92	PH	4/27/2023	0114	178.9 mi ( 288.0 km)
VE3MIS	FN03	PH	4/27/2023	0117	176.8 mi ( 284.5 km)
W2BVH	FN20	CW	4/27/2023	0127	169.1 mi ( 272.1 km)

Thanks for everyone that came out.  Also Thanks to the sponsors.

Look for me in the uWave Sprint on 1296, from here in the valley of FN12ne82bd.
As always, my goal for the uWave Sprint is 5 Q's, which I have yet to achieve.

Al - W9KXI


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